Editorial: Diagnosing food allergy in children is a challenge

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-369

  Ostblom, E ^a,b   Nilsson, C ^a,b  

^a SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; EDITORIAL; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76349088069     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03449.x     Document Type: Editorial

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